Renting in Queenstown: The Rules, the Bond and How to Check Real Rents
Renting a home in Queenstown starts with the same law that applies everywhere in New Zealand, the Residential Tenancies Act 1986,…
-
-
Periodic Tenancy in NZ: Notice Periods, Your Rights and How to End One Under the Current Rules
A periodic tenancy is the open-ended form of renting in New Zealand. There is no finish date written into the agreement,…
-
Cheapest Way to Build a House in NZ: Methods, Design Choices and the Traps
Ask ten people how to build a house cheaply in New Zealand and you will get ten different answers, most of…
-
House Inspection Checklist NZ: What to Check Before You Buy
An open home gives you perhaps half an hour in a house you might spend decades paying for. The agent is…
-
Low Deposit Home Loans NZ: Borrowing With 5% or 10% Down
Saving a 20% deposit takes many New Zealand households years, and house prices rarely wait politely while they do it. So…
-
Solar Hot Water NZ: How It Works, Costs and What You Save
Hot water is one of the biggest energy costs in a New Zealand home. EECA, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority,…
-
Retirement Villages NZ: Licence to Occupy, Freehold, Fees and Exit Rules
Search for a freehold retirement village in New Zealand and you will mostly find villages that are not freehold at all,…
-
10kW Solar System NZ: Cost, Output and Whether It Fits Your Home
A 10kW solar system is the top end of residential solar in New Zealand. It is roughly double the size EECA…
-
Mortgage Interest Rates NZ: How They Are Set and How to Compare Them
Two borrowers can walk into the same bank on the same morning, ask for the same loan amount, and be quoted…
-
Garage Prices in NZ: Kitset vs Built Costs, Sizes and the Consent Rules
Ask five garage builders what a double garage costs and you will get five very different numbers, and none of them…
